[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67927-67928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27122]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

15 CFR Part 30

[Docket Number 100318153-3914-03]
RIN 0607-AA50


Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR): Mandatory Automated Export 
System Filing for All Shipments Requiring Shipper's Export Declaration 
Information: Substantive Changes and Corrections

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce Department.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date and announcement of OMB 
approval of new information collection requirements.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is announcing the 
delay of the effective date of the final rule published March 14, 2013, 
scheduled to take effect on January 8, 2014, until April 5, 2014. This 
rule also announces the approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of modifications to an 
existing information collection and the collection of two new data 
elements in the Automated Export System (AES) under control number 
0607-0152.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on March 14, 
2013, (78 FR 16366) is delayed until April 5, 2014. OMB approved the 
collection of two new data elements through the AES under control 
number 0607-0152 on May 6, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments regarding the burden-hour 
estimates or other aspects of the collection-of-information 
requirements contained in this final rule to Jennifer Jessup, 
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via 
the Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Orsini, Chief, Foreign Trade 
Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 6K032, Washington, DC 20233-6010, by 
phone (301) 763-6959, by fax (301) 763-6638, or by email 
<[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AES is the primary instrument used for 
collecting export trade data, which is used by the Census Bureau for 
statistical purposes only and by other federal government agencies for 
purposes of enforcing U.S. export laws and regulations. On March 14, 
2013, the Census Bureau published a final rule amending its regulations 
to require new export reporting requirements. See 78 FR 16366. In 
particular, the rule implemented a requirement to report shipments of 
used self-propelled vehicles and temporary exports through the AES or 
through AESDirect. In addition, the rule required the reporting of two 
new data elements, license value (15 CFR 30.6(b)(15)) and ultimate 
consignee type (15 CFR 30.6(a)(28)), and modified the postdeparture 
filing requirements. These changes are being programmed in the 
Automated Commercial Environment for Exports. However, the 
functionality to support the revisions addressed in the FTR final rule 
published March 14, 2013, will not be completed by the original 
effective date of January 8, 2014. Therefore, the Census Bureau and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to delay the effective date 
for this rule until April 5, 2014. As a result of this rule, the trade 
community does not have to comply with the requirements implemented by 
the March 14, 2013, final rule until April 5, 2014.
    This rule also announces OMB's approval of amendments to the 
information collection requirements previously approved under OMB 
control number 0607-0152, and the implementation of two new data 
elements. The March 14, 2013, final rule implemented the mandatory 
filing of export information through the AES or through AESDirect for 
all shipments of used self-propelled vehicles and for temporary 
exports. In addition, the final rule outlined the reporting of two 
additional fields, license value (15 CFR 30.6(b)(15)) and ultimate 
consignee type (15 CFR 30.6(a)(28)), and modified the postdeparture 
filing requirements. OMB approved these information collection 
requirements on May 6, 2013.

Executive Orders

    This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of 
Executive Order 12866.
    It has been determined that this rule does not contain policies 
with federalism implications as that term is defined under Executive 
Order 13132.

    Dated: November 6, 2013.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2013-27122 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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